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CMP · Joined: 05 Mar 2007 Posts: 142 Location: NH/E. Orleans

Anyone here ever installed them on a B25???

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ian_upton · Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 7:12 pm Post subject:

Never heard of them being installed on a B25.

I've always wondered how difficult and how much difference it would make if you added some reverse angle to the chines and lifting strakes from about midship forward.

Perhaps if you flip the hull, this would not be all that difficult to glass in an angled pc of corecell or something.

My sister has an Edgewater 205 EX and it is notibly drier than my old B20. I can't really compare the ride because I've never had the two side by side in similiar sea conditions.

Ian.

bilfshr · Joined: 25 Oct 2007 Posts: 2 Location: solomons md

I installed them on a B31,worked great.
And now there on my B20,work great.
Would a B25 be any different?
Jeff-Red Machine-

SouthernComfort · Joined: 07 Feb 2010 Posts: 16 Location: Charleston, SC

I think this is a good idea. Has anyone done this yet. If so got any pics.

walterk · Joined: 04 Mar 2007 Posts: 181 Location: East Hampton NY

I'd love to see what that looks like (and does) on a B-20!

CMP · Joined: 05 Mar 2007 Posts: 142 Location: NH/E. Orleans

After having run the B25 in normal conditions and in junk up to 8+', I've decided that the boat is far too dry to need them in 90% of the situations you'll encounter...

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tunawish · Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 5:57 pm Post subject:

John S. · Joined: 06 Apr 2007 Posts: 245 Location: Georgian Bay

IMO
There's already plenty of flare to the B25 bow.
Definitely one of the 'dryer' boats I've run.

To each there own though.

scot · Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 8:41 pm Post subject:

The 25 has the most flare of any of the RHO "Ray Hunt originals". The chine design on a boat does most of the heavy spray control, but a flared bow does help control a lot of mist.

I had a 71 SeaRay that looked like it would have been really wet, but the small reverse chine made it one of the driest boats I have ever taken offshore, Ray Hunt hull as well.
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JohnD · Joined: 05 Mar 2007 Posts: 29 Location: Baltimore, Maryland

Wetness would not be the only reason to install them. Added stability at lower speeds and extra lift have put them on the "some-day" list for my B35. With the 420hp cats, I have no problem getting up on plane, but trolling for rock fish in the Chesapeake is nearly an "E-Ticket" some times. I've learned to just roll with it, but less is always better when discussing roll.

Now, if you look at the hull of a B35 vs. B31 or B25, it's missing that reverse chine. I don't have any pic's that I could post but I'm sure most have seen this. So on a B25 IMHO, I'd say they could be only useful to address drift/troll stability or assist in getting on plane.

-jd